Auxiliary banking means



O. V. SMITH. AUXILIARY BANKING MEANS. APPLICATION FILED NOV; 25, ISIS;

I 010001 I 010001 I N0 1 6 'Z II' DEPosI-r I WPL'CATEF SAVINGS DOLLARS 1 7 NO- 2 I DOLLARS VICE ZERO BANK I I BROOKLYMNX- 2 BROOKLYMNM O. 1 Q 2 F/ LMLJ DEPOSIT N0. 2

DEPOSIT DEPOSIT I INDUSTRIAL SAVINGS N 2 7 SERVICE 2 ACCOUNT No. l

l I- DEPOSIT No.3 DEPosI-r DEPOSIT v I INDUSTRIAL SAVINGS NO. 5 NO- 6 I SERVICE 0 I ffiffflf 6 l I I DEPOSIT NO.4 I DEPOSIT DEPOSIT I INDUSTRIAL SAVINGS 9 I SERVICE 1' Accoum' NO. 1

I Q v I DEPOSIT No.5 DEPOSIT DEPOSIT I- INDUSTRIAL SAVINGS N0.9 No.10 SERVICE. k I ACCOUNT NO- 1 J Eiri- ZERO BANK or: BROOKLYN, MY. 1 I J DATE- WITHDRAWN INTERN DEPOSITS BALANCE.

,Q c. 5 00 J 00 vwemt o'c V. SMITH.

- Patented Oct. 25 1921.

2 SHEETS -SHEET 2.

AUXILIARY BANKING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 25,1918- Lmfim Momma UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

OBLAND v.

OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD L. ROBERTS/OF AMARILLO, TEXAS.

auxrniea ennxrne Marine.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ORLAND V SMiTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at the town of Milford, in the county of New This invention. relates to an auxiliary banking systemsuch as may be used with- I out conflict with the statutes which interdiet the establishing of branches by Nationalf and savings banks and trust companies.

The main object of the invention is to prevent the crowded condition of such banks 7 and companies such as now prevails owing to-the multitude ofsmall depositors, and to save the time of the latter as well as of the bank officials during banking hours, by

I enabling the depositor, to do his banking business at the factory or other place where he is employed.

3 -With tl'1ese ends in view the invention consists in providing a specially devised bank pass book to be used in connection witha series of special stamps printed in couplets, each couplet comprising an original and a duplicate serially numbered and'bearingthev amount of deposit as well as the name of the bank in which deposits are to be made.

Further details .of the invention Will be apparent from the following description and the appended claims. In the accompanying drawing- Figure-1 is aview of my improved pass. book opened to show stub spaces for or1g1-" nal deposit stamps and detachable coupons corresponding with such stub spaces for the duplicate deposit stamps.

Fig.2 is a view of a, page at the rear of 4a the book whereon istnoted the initial deposit and duplicate deposit stamps prlnted and connected incouplets.

. Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes generally the pass book which is preferably composed of five sheets each of which is Specification of Letters Patent.

divided into tenspaces 2, in the nature of stubs, 1n wh1ch spaces are afiixed the original deposit stamps. These spaces throughout SMITH, or MILFORD, ooimnorrou'r, ASSIGNOR, BY mn sn'n ASSIGNMENTS,

' Patented Oct.25, 1921. I Application filed November 25, 1918. Serial No. 263,950.

the book are preferably serially numbered,

there being fifty of such'spaces all'told to provide for fifty separate deposits.

Each of these'five sheets is followed by two sheets which contain the detachable coupons 3 corresponding to the ten spaces, to which coupons the duplicate deposit stamps are aflixed, said coupons being preferably serially numbered to correspond withthe serial numbering of the spaces aforesaid, and each coupon bearing the particular numberof the account, and in the present instance, the coupons indicate that the number of the'depositors account is No. 1.

This arrangement of stub and coupon sheets is found to be quite convenient, although it will be clear that the pass book might be made up of stubs and coupons one or more to the page, as might suit the fancy of the bank, it being merely necessary in this invention that the deposit, coupons should be properly identified with the number of the account.

The stub and coupon card shown at Fig. 3 is merely employed in opening an account, and on both the coupon 4 and stub 5 is noted the date of the first deposit, its amount, and

the name of tlie- 'depositor. Furthermore, the coupon card bears the signature of'the depositor and such other means of identification as in usually required by a bank on opening an account.

At Fig. 4 is illustrated the deposit stamps i which are printed in couplets and preferably in strip form, and are furnished coiled on any suitable reel or drum from which they are drawn from time to time as needed.

Each couplet of these stamps comprises an original 6 and'a duplic'ate 7, and each of these bears the same serial number and indicates the amount of thedeposit, and preferably bears the name of the bank in which the deposit is made. Successive couplets of the same deposit valuation are identical with the exception that they progress as to serial numbering.

In opening an account, a depositor goes to a proper ofiicial (not a bank oflicial) at.

the place where he is employed, fills out the coupon card, shownat Fig. 3; and hands to such official the amount of his initial deposit,

say $5.

The official then sends this amount together with the coupon card to the bank and a hands the stub to the depositor as a receipt.

all as shown at Fig. 2.

The bank then sends this pass. book to the ofiicial who delivers it to the depositor in exchange for the stub held by the latter, and this stub may be destroyed since it is nowgof no particular vahie.

On making subsequent deposits, the depositor hands his money to the'oihcial at the place where he is employed, and suchofficial places in the space marked Deposit neednot be'specifically indicated, and the No. '1 the original stamp of a couplet, and

. likewise places on the coupon that is identi- 25 fied with such space the duplicate stamp of the couplet which stamp indicates the amount of the particular deposit at that time; the ofiicial then tears out the coupon and sends it as a deposit slip together with the amount of the deposit to the bank and returns the pass book to the depositor, and sincethis coupon bears the number of the account, the bank enters up the deposit in v slve serial numbers, but theromission of these its ledger account.

In making subsequent deposits the same procedure is gone-through with, and in this connection, it might be well to remark that the strips of stamp couplet are preferably, printed in different colors accordmg to the deposit value of the stamps themselves, so that should subsequent deposits be more orless, stamps of varied colors will appear in the pass book'and on the coupons, and s1n ce a mere glance at the colorof the stamps w ll determine their deposit 1' value, the latter work of both the employer oflicial and the bank is somewhat simplified.

It will,-of course, be understood that the. serial numbering of the stamp couplets as well as the marking of the words Or1g1nal and Duplicate on such stamps avoids con- Should the depositor lose his pass book pass book subsequently be bank will readily. detect the fraud. v

be written'up, the

employment, delivers his pass book to the bank and the account is written up on thepage or pages corresponding to that shown the other to the deposit slip.

increase delivers hi pass book to thebank together i with the check for the amount withdrawn,

and the bank then notes on the page or pages corresponding to Fig. 2 the amount of withdrawal and then returns the pass'book together with the money withdrawn to "aid oliicial who delivers it to the depositor.

It will thus be noted that the stamps affixed to the stub spaces and their corre- -spond1ng coupons bear similar marks of identification so that neither of the stamps of the couplet can be improperly used without. ready detection, and, furthermore,that the deposit coupons and that part of the book retained by the d'epositor bear a com mon designating mark, namely, the number of the account.

There is no writing or cancellation or the like of any naturewhatsoever done by the officer at the place .of employment and the present invention fully complies with the statutes which interdict the establishing of branches. by savin'gs and National banks and trust companies. 7

It 1s preferred to number the stub spaces and coupons by corresponding and progresnumbers will in no wise detract from the reliability of the invention, and the invention .is not limited in thisrespect.

Also, whilethe marking of the stamps of each 'couplet by the words Original and Jdefinitedenominationsprinted in couplets of progressive serial number, the two stamps of each couplet being of like denomination and serial number, one adapted for attachment to the depositors passfbook and the .otherto the depositslip. fusion and amply protects both the depos-- ito'r and the bank. a 65 and should the v handed into" the bank for the purpose of .withdrawing money by" an unauthorizedperson, the

2. A device for evidencing bank deposits divers denominations printed in couplets of serial number, the couplets of a given denommation havmg progressive serial numbers and'printed in a distinctive color to afford ready identification, one adapted for attachment to the) depositors pass book and 3. A device for elfecting savings deposits and credits, comprising, in combina- 13.-

.'and credits including adhesive stamps of tion with a pass-book to be retained by the depositor and including detachable deposit slips to be delivered with the deposit to the bank, stamps printed in couplets of different denominations, the two stamps of'each coupet being of like denomination and serial number, one for attachment to the pass book and the other to the deposit slip to accompany the deposit of a sum corresponding to the denomination of the stamp.

4 .A checking device for attachment to separate but dependent records and including a strip of adhesive stamps of corresponding character printed in couplets of progressive serial number, the two stamps of each couplet being of like serial number and sep arable for individual attachment, whereby bank deposits may be safely eifected through an intermediary, one stamp of the couplet being attached to the depositors pass book and the other to the bank deposit slip.

5, A checking device for attachment to separate but dependent records and including a strip of stamps of corresponding character printed in couplets of progressive serial number, the two stamps of each couplet being of like serial number and separable for individual attachment, whereby one stamp of the couplet may be attached to one record and the other to the other dependent record.

6. A device for effecting savings bank de-' and denominations, and bearing the name of. the bank, the two stamps of each couplet being of like denomination and serial number, one for attachment to the pass-book and the other to the deposit slip to accompany the deposit of a' sum corresponding to the dc; nomination of the stamp.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ORLAND V. SMITH. 

